Table 3: Total offences per officer for 2002-03 to 2008-09
Number
Police force area
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
Avon and Somerset
55
48
48
46
48
44
42
Bedfordshire
55
53
48
50
48
44
37
Cambridgeshire
61
57
53
47
50
49
46
Cheshire
40
42
41
44
41
37
35
Cleveland
47
44
41
43
40
40
31
Cumbria
33
32
35
35
31
30
25
Derbyshire
52
48
41
40
40
37
35
Devon and Cornwall
41
40
40
36
36
32
29
Dorset
44
44
40
40
37
35
35
Durham
31
29
27
31
32
30
29
Essex
46
47
42
40
39
36
32
Gloucestershire
45
45
41
41
40
34
32
Greater Manchester
52
46
40
41
42
38
35
Hampshire
42
48
46
47
48
44
43
Hertfordshire
44
46
46
45
42
38
36
Humberside
63
64
56
52
51
44
42
Kent
37
38
38
41
40
36
32
Lancashire
39
43
43
40
38
34
32
Leicestershire
45
42
42
41
42
40
37
Lincolnshire
51
49
48
47
45
44
42
London, City of
12
11
10
10
9
9
9
Merseyside
40
41
40
41
35
29
27
Metropolitan police
39
36
33
32
30
28
27
Norfolk
48
46
43
42
40
36
30
Northamptonshire
61
63
58
52
52
50
45
Northumbria
42
39
35
33
33
28
26
North Yorkshire
47
47
40
36
33
32
35
Nottinghamshire
67
64
57
56
57
54
49
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South Yorkshire
48
43
43
50
49
45
43
Staffordshire
49
48
44
46
46
39
39
Suffolk
40
41
40
41
38
37
37
Surrey
36
38
37
36
39
36
36
Sussex
44
44
46
44
43
39
34
Thames Valley
54
52
50
48
50
48
46
Warwickshire
44
45
43
42
43
41
40
West Mercia
47
45
40
36
34
34
32
West Midlands
45
43
36
36
34
30
27
West Yorkshire
64
62
47
46
44
40
37
Wiltshire
38
35
33
35
37
37
34
England
45
44
40
40
38
35
33
Note: The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.